Monday, October 4, 2010

Halloween II perfectly captured that particular feeling of a late Halloween night, long after trick-or-treating has ended, when you can sense that Halloween is coming to a close. It's a neat couple of hours, before it's officially November 1st. Teens walking to parties (or back home from parties), porch lights getting turned off, pumpkins burning down on tiny wicks, and that cold dampness making it impossible to get warm. And the silence.

You can feel that something wonderful just walked across your path, and moved off into the trees. And you were the only one who saw it.

It's a good question. I'm going to go with pre-Halloween. The anticipation of the holiday always makes it feel like being a kid again. Though I think for me the anticipation starts on those early hours of November 1st...so it's a win/win.

This is interesting because I happen to have Halloween 2 sitting at home in a Netflix envelope. It's been sitting there for 5 days now. I've never seen it and just couldn't work up the excitement to watch it, for whatever reason. But you've piqued my interest now, and I'll watch it tonight.

Once the final costumed TOT has visited the Manor, I always make my way out into the cemetery. There's nothing like sitting on a tombstone, watching fireflies dance in the distance and seeing the fog slowly make it's way through the neighborhood.

Yeah, that eerie, late night feel of Halloween II is one of my favorite things about that film. Those moments late at night, after all the kiddos have gone to bed, is absolutely magical. While I agree with Rot that the lead-up to Halloween is the best, the "afterglow" is damned nice as well!

My neighborhood HOA in all their wisdom decided Halloween is on Oct 30th this year.. Not exactly thrilled to learn this but the positive is that I can set up two days in a row. I'm just wondering though if this choice will ultimately result in two lesser nights of Trick or Treat..

Love this post! To me, the time after Halloween (esp early in the am on Nov 1) is eerily quiet and magical somehow. I can't quite put it into words. It's like after a concert or a loud report when the silence rushes back in and somehow seems even noisier in your ears.